Faye Longchamp-Mantooth, an archeologist, has dug a deep pit for herself, and she cannot really make her way out of this pit. She struggles to recover from the personal loss, and she is seeing everyone whom she loves trying to reach her. She is digging pits all over her home on the Florida island of Joyeuse. Joe Wolf Mantooth, in their old plantation home, is surrounded by her family. It includes Faye, his wife and their toddler son. Joe was desperate to help his wife and realizes she is in a trouble from her inner demons as well as someone who breached the isolation of the island.